Cleary Gottlieb interview questions
Updated Apr 9, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 32%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 16%RecruiterRecruiter
- 8%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 5%OtherOther
- 3%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 2%In PersonIn Person
Interview search
89 interviews
Cleary Gottlieb interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Cleary Gottlieb as 75.4% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.91 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Attorney, 3rd-Year and Vacation Scheme rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Legal Assistant and Accounting Coordinator roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Cleary Gottlieb takes an average of 17 days when considering 69 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Business Development had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Internship roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Cleary Gottlieb according to 69 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 37%
Group panel interview: 16%
Background check: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Phone interview: 10%
Drug test: 5%
Personality test: 3%
Presentation: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Other: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Associate(60) ;
- Paralegal(14) ;
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- Corporate Paralegal(7) ;
- Summer Associate(6) ;
- Lawyer(5) ;
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- Intern(4) ;
- Legal Assistant(3) ;
- Legal Recruiter(3) ;
- Attorney(2) ;
- Attorney, 1st-Year(2) ;
- Attorney, 3rd-Year(2) ;
- Client Accounting Coordinator(2) ;
- Junior Associate(2) .
